About

Known credits:
74
Birthday:
1906-08-09
Place of birth:
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Website:
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Robert Surtees

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times, for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur.

Robert L. Surtees began working in Hollywood as assistant cameraman to Gregg Toland, A.S.C. in the late 1920s, before moving to Germany for several years, eventually returning to Hollywood. He became one of the most accomplished cinematographers in motion pictures. His credits include Ben-Hur (1959), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Graduate (1967), The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970), The Last Picture Show (1971), Summer of '42 (1971), The Sting (1973), A Star is Born (1976) and Same Time, Next Year (1978).

His son Bruce was also a cinematographer.

Known for

Camera
1978 Bloodbrothers Camera Director of Photography 59
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1978 Same Time, Next Year Camera Director of Photography 59
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1977 The Turning Point Camera Director of Photography 59
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1976 A Star Is Born Camera Director of Photography 59
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1975 The Hindenburg Camera Director of Photography 59
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1975 The Great Waldo Pepper Camera Director of Photography 59
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1973 The Sting Camera Director of Photography 76
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1973 Oklahoma Crude Camera Director of Photography 59
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1973 Lost Horizon Camera Director of Photography 58
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1972 The Other Camera Director of Photography 60
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1972 The Cowboys Camera Director of Photography 62
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1971 The Last Picture Show Camera Director of Photography 68
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1971 Summer of '42 Camera Director of Photography 60
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1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones Camera Director of Photography 58
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1969 The Arrangement Camera Director of Photography 59
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1969 Sweet Charity Camera Director of Photography 60
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1968 Coogan's Bluff Camera Director of Photography 60
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1967 The Graduate Camera Director of Photography 73
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1967 Doctor Dolittle Camera Director of Photography 59
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1966 Lost Command Camera Director of Photography 59
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1966 The Chase Camera Additional Photography 63
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1965 The Third Day Camera Director of Photography 59
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1965 The Hallelujah Trail Camera Director of Photography 59
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1965 The Collector Camera Director of Photography 62
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1965 The Satan Bug Camera Director of Photography 59
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1964 Kisses for My President Camera Director of Photography 59
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1963 PT 109 Camera Director of Photography 59
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1962 Mutiny on the Bounty Camera Director of Photography 63
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1960 Cimarron Camera Director of Photography 59
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1960 It Started in Naples Camera Director of Photography 59
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1959 Ben-Hur Camera Director of Photography 75
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1958 Merry Andrew Camera Director of Photography 59
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1957 Raintree County Camera Director of Photography 59
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1957 Les Girls Camera Director of Photography 59
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1956 The Swan Camera Director of Photography 59
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1956 Tribute to a Bad Man Camera Director of Photography 59
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1955 Oklahoma! Camera Director of Photography 60
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1955 Trial Camera Director of Photography 59
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1954 Valley of the Kings Camera Director of Photography 58
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1954 The Long, Long Trailer Camera Director of Photography 59
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1953 Escape from Fort Bravo Camera Director of Photography 59
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1953 Mogambo Camera Director of Photography 60
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1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Camera Director of Photography 63
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1952 The Merry Widow Camera Director of Photography 58
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1952 The Wild North Camera Director of Photography 59
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1951 The Light Touch Camera Director of Photography 58
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1951 Quo Vadis Camera Director of Photography 64
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1951 The Strip Camera Director of Photography 59
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1950 King Solomon's Mines Camera Director of Photography 60
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1949 Intruder in the Dust Camera Director of Photography 59
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1949 That Midnight Kiss Camera Director of Photography 59
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1949 Big Jack Camera Director of Photography 59
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1949 Act of Violence Camera Director of Photography 60
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1948 The Kissing Bandit Camera Director of Photography 58
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1948 A Date with Judy Camera Director of Photography 58
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1948 Big City Camera Director of Photography 59
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1948 Tenth Avenue Angel Camera Director of Photography 59
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1947 The Unfinished Dance Camera Director of Photography 58
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1946 Two Sisters from Boston Camera Director of Photography 58
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1946 No Leave, No Love Camera Director of Photography 59
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1945 Strange Holiday Camera Director of Photography 59
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1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 Music for Millions Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 Two Girls and a Sailor Camera Director of Photography 58
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1943 Lost Angel Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Election Daze Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Don't You Believe It Camera Director of Photography 58
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1943 Heavenly Music Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Camera Camera Operator 59
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1933 State Fair Camera Assistant Camera 59
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1932 Lady with a Past Camera Assistant Camera 59
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Crew
1958 The Law and Jake Wade Crew Cinematography 59
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